Title of document: Forestry Strategy to the Year 2020 of the Lao PDR Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Prime Minister Office, Lao PDR Year of publication: 2005 Geographic focus: Laos DECREE on Endorsement and Declaration of the Forestry Strategy to the Year 2020 of the Lao PDR: - Pursuant to the Law on the Government of Lao PDR, No. 02/NA, dated 6 May 2003 - Pursuant to the Forestry Law, No. 01-96, dated 11 Oct 1996 - With reference to the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, No. 0163/MAF.05, dated 8 Jul 2005     Read More

Title of document: Unofficial Translation Environmental Protection Law (Revised Version) Year of publication: 2013 Geographic focus: Laos National Assembly; No: 29/NA Vientiane C.C., 18 December 2012    Read More

Title of document: Decision of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on Organic Agriculture Standards Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR Year of publication: 2005 Geographic focus: Laos - Referred to in Agriculture Law No.1/98 LNA, dated 10 October 1998; - Referred to in Prime Minister CB (DOA) No.89/PMO, dated 22 June 1999 on the Organization and Role of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; - Referred to in the joint ASEAN AFTA Agreement of Lao PDR; - Referred to in the joint WTO of Lao PDR.   Read More

Title of document: Development Strategy of the Crop Sector 2025 and Vision 2030 Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Agriculture, Lao PDR Year of publication: 2015 Geographic focus: Laos Vision: Crop Production by Focusing on Modernization, Clean, Safety, Quality, Stability, Sustainability and Commercialization Agreement on Endorsement and Promulgation of Development Strategy of the Crop Sector 2025 and Vision 2030: - Pursuant to the Article 70 of the Law on Agriculture No. 01/98 NA, dated on 10 October 1998, - Pursuant to the Article 3, Section 3.2 of the Prime Minister’s Decree No. 262/PM, dated on 28 June 2012 on Organization and Function of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, - Refer to the Department of Agriculture’s Letter of Proposal No. 0255/DOA, dated on 11 February 2015     Read More

Title of document: Agriculture Development Strategy to 2025 and Vision to the year 2030 Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR Year of publication: 2015 Geographic focus: Laos Sectoral Vision and Aims: “Ensuring food security, producing comparative and competitive agricultural commodities, developing clean, safe and sustainable agriculture and shift gradually to the modernization of a resilient and productive agriculture economy linking with rural development contributing to the national economic basis”   Read More

Title of document: The Law on Agriculture Year of publication: 1998 Geographic focus: Laos DECREE of the PRESIDENT of the LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC on the promulgation of the Law on Agriculture   Read More

Title of document: Agriculture and forestry sector contribution to the 8thNational Socio Economic Development Plan (NSEDP) Author: Mr. XaypladethChoulamany Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Departmentof Planning and Cooperation(DoPC), Lao PDR Year of publication: 2015 Geographic focus: Laos   Read More

Title of document: 7th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2011-2015) Author: H.E. Dr. Bounthavy SISOUPHANTHONG Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Ministry of Planning and Investment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republlic Year of publication: 2015 Geographic focus: Laos   Read More

Title of document: SRI in Laos Author: Kazuyuki SHIMAZAKI (Translation from Japanese book Rice Farming Revolution by SRI published by J-SRI in Sept. 2011) Year of publication: 2011 Geographic focus: Laos School of agroecology: System of Rice Intensification The first organization to introduce SRI into Laos was Oxfam Australia, a non-governmental organization (NGO), which conducted the first SRI trials during the rainy season of 2001. The Lao National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), however, conducted its own trials during the dry season of 2001/02 and the rainy season 2002 and concluded that “the likelihood of disseminating SRI throughout Laos is extremely slim.” As a result of this verdict, the spread of SRI within Laos was, thereafter, limited to a very small amount of progress attributable to the support of several international NGOs.   Read More

Title of document: SRI in Laos Author: Kazuyuki SHIMAZAKI (Translation from Japanese book Rice Farming Revolution by SRI published by J-SRI in Sept. 2011) Year of publication: 2011 Geographic focus: Laos School of agroecology: System of Rice Intensification The first organization to introduce SRI into Laos was Oxfam Australia, a non-governmental organization (NGO), which conducted the first SRI trials during the rainy season of 2001. The Lao National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), however, conducted its own trials during the dry season of 2001/02 and the rainy season 2002 and concluded that “the likelihood of disseminating SRI throughout Laos is extremely slim.” As a result of this verdict, the spread of SRI within Laos was, thereafter, limited to a very small amount of progress attributable to the support of several international NGOs.   Read More